Kentucky man receives 64 years for child molesting

7:35 PM,
Mar. 13, 2014

Written by

Grace Schneider
| The Courier-Journal

Harrison Superior Judge Roger Davis sentenced Leo John Conley to 64 years on Thursday following the Meade County, Ky. man's conviction on 20 counts of felony child molesting last month.

Davis rejected a request from Harrison County Prosecutor Otto Schalk to impose a sentence of 214 years, including 30 years for seven felonies. Instead, Davis said that since the laws in Indiana that will take effect this summer have drastically reduced prison terms for sex crimes, consecutive terms of 32 years for the crimes against each victims was more ...